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Editor's note 12/8/16 Watching Gov. Bruce Rauner flailing about trying to save face while Democrat leaders refuse to play Turnaround call to mind Chicagoan Finley Peter Dunne’s 1895 quote, “Politics ain’t bean-bag.�...]]>Editor’s note 12/1/16http://illinoistimes.com/article-17978-editor%25E2%2580%2599s-note-12_1_16.html
Editor’s note 12/1/16 As Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Illinois General Assembly get closer to a deal to bail out Exelon’s money-losing nuclear power plants, there is not a peep heard in the Prairie State about the dan...]]>Editor's note 11/24/16http://illinoistimes.com/article-17957-editors-note-11_24_16.html
Editor's note 11/24/16 AFSCME members have good reason to be bereaved, since it looks like they could soon be bereft of pay raises and affordable health insurance, along with the opportunity to collectively bargain for a ne...]]>Editor’s note 11/17/16http://illinoistimes.com/article-17921-editor%25E2%2580%2599s-note-11_17_16.html
Editor’s note 11/17/16 Who in Illinois has time to worry about Donald Trump when we have Gov. Bruce Rauner? Now that the inconclusive state election is over, everybody is back in Springfield still stymied by Rauner’...]]>Editor's note 11/10/16http://illinoistimes.com/article-17902-editors-note-11_10_16.html
Editor's note 11/10/16 Some of us who worried that Donald Trump if he lost might not concede now have our own concession speeches to write. Congratulations to Mr. Trump and his supporters who are pleased to have taken their...]]>Editor’s note 11/3/16http://illinoistimes.com/article-17865-editor%25E2%2580%2599s-note-11_3_16.html
Editor’s note 11/3/16 Take a look at the architectural rendering on p. 17. It shows the old YWCA building preserved as part of the redevelopment of that entire block, old mixed with new, and a public park space on the sout...]]>Editor's note 10/27/16http://illinoistimes.com/article-17858-editors-note-10_27_16.html
Editor's note 10/27/16 Here we present the Best of Springfield edition, our annual celebration of what in Springfield is good and true. And popular. This is a reader poll, remember, so we don’t agree with all the choices,...]]>Editor’s note 10/20/16http://illinoistimes.com/article-17818-editor%25E2%2580%2599s-note-10_20_16.html
Editor’s note 10/20/16 As a 15-year-old I read Conscience of a Conservative and became a proud supporter of Barry Goldwater, the Republican presidential candidate. I couldn’t understand why he got beaten up so badly in the media for his, “Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice,” because he meant to promote liberty, not extremism. Goldwater was an honest and honorable candidate who got beat 61-39 percent in...]]>Editor's note 10/13/16http://illinoistimes.com/article-17794-editors-note-10_13_16.html
Editor's note 10/13/16 Americans discouraged by the presidential campaign should read President Barack Obama’s essay, “The way ahead,” in the latest issue of The Economist. “Why have some on the far left and even mo...]]>Editor's note 10/6/16http://illinoistimes.com/article-17782-editors-note-10_6_16.html
Editor's note 10/6/16 As you’ll read in Patrick Yeagle’s cover story this week, Springfield is the capital of video gambling in Illinois. It has the most establishments offering video gambling – 176 – of any city,...]]>Editor’s note 9/29/16http://illinoistimes.com/article-17752-editor%25E2%2580%2599s-note-9_29_16.html
Editor’s note 9/29/16 If you haven’t voted yet, it’s time to get to the poll and make your voice heard. There are great candidates on the ballot in every category. The super-enthused electorate, happy not angry,...]]>Editor's note 9/22/16http://illinoistimes.com/article-17729-editors-note-9_22_16.html
Editor's note 9/22/16 Sangamon County is eerily quiet during this election campaign. True, Illinois as a blue state isn’t in play for the presidential election, so that cuts us out of a lot of hoopla. But what about the...]]>Editor’s note 9/15/16http://illinoistimes.com/article-17681-editor%25E2%2580%2599s-note-9_15_16.html
Editor’s note 9/15/16 Chuck Todd, the political director of NBC News and the moderator of “Meet the Press,” was informative and entertaining as he commented on the current political news for the Better Government Assoc...]]>Editor’s note 9/8/16http://illinoistimes.com/article-17656-editor%25E2%2580%2599s-note-9_8_16.html
Editor’s note 9/8/16 One person who wasn’t surprised by the sudden closure of ITT Technical Institute in Springfield and three other cities in Illinois was U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Springfield, who has been war...]]>Editor's note 9/1/16http://illinoistimes.com/article-17637-editors-note-9_1_16.html
Editor's note 9/1/16 In a political climate with intolerance as a theme, the goodheartedness that shows up in Springfield is remarkable. Last Thursday evening the big sanctuary at Westminster Presbyterian Church was nearl...]]>Editor's note 8/25/16http://illinoistimes.com/article-17589-editors-note-8_25_16.html
Editor's note 8/25/16 It looks like Tammy Duckworth is going to be our next U.S. senator, so we’d better start getting to know her. Sen. Mark Kirk’s ads against Duckworth are so shrill as to be unconvincing. Nobody bel...]]>Editor's note 8/18/16http://illinoistimes.com/article-17574-editors-note-8_18_16.html
Editor's note 8/18/16 Watching Bruce Rauner throw his money around brings mixed feelings. First he buys Republican politicians, then the champion steer. He plans to renovate the governor’s mansion with private money, beg...]]>Editor's note 8/11/16http://illinoistimes.com/article-17549-editors-note-8_11_16.html
Editor's note 8/11/16 Too bad that the federal judge denied Rod Blagojevich’s appeal to reduce his prison sentence from 14 years to five. The full sentence seems excessive, considering that the hapless Rod is remorseful...]]>Editor's note 7/28/16http://illinoistimes.com/article-17491-editors-note-7_28_16.html
Editor's note 7/28/16 During this week when Democrats are celebrating a historic achievement by a woman, one who has accumulated a record of public service through decades of hard work in the trenches, this newspaper nomin...]]>Editor’s note 7/21/16http://illinoistimes.com/article-17475-editor%25E2%2580%2599s-note-7_21_16.html
Editor’s note 7/21/16 Those of us watching the Republican National Convention to see whether Donald Trump can appeal beyond his base have been disappointed by all the attention to his family. Whether Melania’s spee...]]>Editor's note 7/14/16http://illinoistimes.com/article-17450-editors-note-7_14_16.html
Editor's note 7/14/16 Two days after the police killings in Dallas, as the nation struggled once again to respond to racial violence, the annual business meeting of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia in Austin...]]>Editor’s note 7/7/16http://illinoistimes.com/article-17419-editor%25E2%2580%2599s-note-7_7_16.html
Editor’s note 7/7/16 If you think Gov. Bruce Rauner is having trouble getting his Turnaround Agenda approved, try backing significant garbage reform in Springfield. Though earlier mayors (Karen Hasara, Tim Davlin) t...]]>Editor's note 6/30/16http://illinoistimes.com/article-17387-editors-note-6_30_16.html
Editor's note 6/30/16 How refreshing it is to hear Illinois Republicans fighting with Illinois Democrats over how much money should go to Chicago Public Schools. What a breath of fresh air to hear arguments over what shoul...]]>Editor’s note 6/23/16 - Does the city of Springfield need its own planner?http://illinoistimes.com/article-17369-editor%25E2%2580%2599s-note-6_23_16.html
Editor’s note 6/23/16 - Does the city of Springfield need its own planner? Though not much new came out of Monday’s panel discussion at the Sangamo Club, sponsored by the Better Government Association, on the “Impact of the Impasse,” it was interesting to hear ar...]]>Editor’s note 6/16/16http://illinoistimes.com/article-17333-editor%25E2%2580%2599s-note-6_16_16.html
Editor’s note 6/16/16 David Axelrod of Chicago, who was President Barack Obama’s chief political strategist and senior adviser, now a CNN commentator, was in Springfield last week for the Illinois Press Association...]]>Editor’s note 6/9/16http://illinoistimes.com/article-17313-editor%25E2%2580%2599s-note-6_9_16.html
Editor’s note 6/9/16 The fiscal policy center of Voices for Illinois Children, a respected and reliable nonprofit, offers “eight takeaways” to put the state’s fiscal problems in perspective. 1. Without a fully funde...]]>Editor's note 6/2/16http://illinoistimes.com/article-17298-editors-note-6_2_16.html
Editor's note 6/2/16 There is no more apt description of the just concluded legislative session than Gov. Bruce Rauner’s: “Stunning failure.” He was pointing at the Democrats, as usual, but he is the one who failed...]]>Editor’s note 5/26/16http://illinoistimes.com/article-17263-editor%25E2%2580%2599s-note-5_26_16.html
Editor’s note 5/26/16 We’re about to see who, if anyone, has any political negotiating skill at the Statehouse. As they prepare for their end game over the next few days, Mike Madigan and Bruce Rauner, the two tops...]]>Editor's note 5/19/16http://illinoistimes.com/article-17245-editors-note-5_19_16.html
Editor's note 5/19/16 It’s beginning to look like Gov. Bruce Rauner and Speaker Mike Madigan will be spending another summer cooped up in the Statehouse, but the rest of us plan our time better. With the 72-page Illinois...]]>Editor’s note 5/12/16http://illinoistimes.com/article-17195-editor%25E2%2580%2599s-note-5_12_16.html
Editor’s note 5/12/16 Gov. Bruce Rauner has distanced himself from Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump, but the governor didn’t say why. Is it because Trump would close the country’s borders to Muslims? Ma...]]>